Seems like it was a collaboration of many scientists from many different nationalities. By “low level stuff is American”, I think you mean the backbone? And maybe “higher level stuff is European” means stuff like web browsers?
I enjoyed this article which is slightly less technical than the one above. https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-internet
To be fair, this is not “injury to a child.” Injury to the mother without a doubt, but a fetus is not a child.
I can see how it would be justified to increase penalties for assault / etc. against pregnant people, but a fetus is not a child.
Edit: I don’t care about the downvotes. This is an awful situation and the penalty he received seems way too low but consistency is important. A fetus is not a child. If you disagree, you don’t get to participate in the conversation.